certify

English

Etymology

From Old French certefier ‎(“confirm, assure, make certain”). Compare French certifier.

Verb

certify ‎(third-person singular simple present certifies, present participle certifying, simple past and past participle certified)

1. (transitive) to attest to as the truth or meeting a standard

Synonyms

• (to attest as to): attest, witness, vouch for, approve, confirm

Derived terms

terms derived from certify (verb)

certifiable

decertify

Related terms

terms related to certify (verb)

certification

Translations

to attest as to

• Bulgarian: удостоверявам (bg) ‎(udostoverjavam), свидетелствам ‎(svidetelstvam), потвърждавам (bg) ‎(potvǎrždavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 證明 (zh), 证明 (zh) ‎(zhèngmíng)

• Esperanto: certigi
• Finnish: todistaa (fi)
• French: certifier (fr)
• German: zertifizieren (de)
• Greek: πιστοποιώ (el) ‎(pistopoió)
• Hebrew: וידא ‎(vidé)

• Ido: certigar (io)
• Italian: certificare (it)
• Japanese: 認証する (ja) ‎(にんしょうする, ninshō suru)
• Manx: shickyree
• Maori: tiwhikete
• Portuguese: certificar (pt)
• Romanian: certifica (ro)
• Russian: удостоверя́ть (ru) impf ‎(udostoverjátʹ), удостове́рить (ru) pf ‎(udostovéritʹ), заверя́ть (ru) impf ‎(zaverjátʹ), заве́рить (ru) pf ‎(zavéritʹ), подтвержда́ть (ru) impf ‎(podtverždátʹ), подтверди́ть (ru) pf ‎(podtverdítʹ), свиде́тельствовать (ru) impf ‎(svidételʹstvovatʹ), освиде́тельствовать (ru) pf ‎(osvidételʹstvovatʹ), засвиде́тельствовать (ru) pf ‎(zasvidételʹstvovatʹ)
• Spanish: certificar (es)
• Telugu: ధ్రువీకరించు (te) ‎(dhruvīkariṃcu)

Anagrams

• rectify